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Boston Public Library 


Free Public Lectures 


‘To be Given in the Lecture Hal! 


Twenty-Eighth Season 
1926 - 1927 


Thursday Evenings at 8, Sunday Afternoons at 3.30 


A series of seven chamber music concerts presented by Mrs. Eliza- 
beth S. Coolidge, will be given on one Sunday evening in each 
month, at eight o'clock. 

The entrance to the Lecture Hall ts from Boylston Street only. 
The doors will be opened two hours before each lecture and 
closed ten minutes after the lecture begins. 

The Thursday lectures, except January 27, and March 17, are illus- 
trated by lantern slides. The Sunday lectures are usually not 
illustrated. Exceptions are mentioned below. 

Lectures are given occasionally during the winter 1n the lecture 
halls of the Charlestown, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, North 
End, West Roxbury, and Upham’s Corner Branches. 


Sun., Nov. 7. Eugene G. O’Neil and George Kelly: Contrasting 
American Dramatists. SHERWIN LAWRENCE Cook, Boston 
Transcript. 

Thu., Nov. 11. Through Europe with the Field and Forest 
Club. Rey. CHarLes W, Casson. (Field and Forest Club 
Course.) 


‘Sun., Nov. 14. A Pageant of Famous Actors, illustrated from 


the Shaw Theatre Museum of Harvard. Frank W. C. 
Hersey, A.M., Harvard University. (Drama League 
Course.) Illustrated with slides. 

Thu., Nov. 18. The Smithsonian Institution. Lecture to be 
given by an officer of the Institution. 

Sun., Nov. 21. Songs of the Sunny South, Epona Hotmes; A 
Miracle Play by Lady Gregory: “The Travelling Man,” 
presented by the Stro_tLtinc PLAYERS, under the direction 
of Helene Martha Boll. 

Sun., Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Concert by the Lenox QuarTET. 
(Coolidge Series.) 


MJ44; 11.5,.26; 15M, 


Sun, Nov. 28. “Wozzeck,” a Symphonic Opera: The Long 
Sought Synthesis between Drama and Symphony. AL- 
FRED H. MEYER, Music Critic. 

Mon., Nov. 29. The Primitive Mind and the Civilized. Her- 
BERT JOSEPH SPINDEN, Ph.D., Peabody Museum, Harvard 
University. (Boston Branch of the American Folklore 
Society.) 

Thu., Dec. 2. The Medieval Glory of France. Freprrick Par- 
SONS, F.R.S.A. 

Sun., Dec. 5. Dr. Johnson and His Circle. WuILLtamM WEBSTER 
ELLtswortH. Illustrated with slides. 

Thu., Dec. 9. Glimpses of the Pyrenees, the French Riviera, 
Switzerland, and the Dolomites. Mrs. Harriette Gricor. 
(Field and Forest Club Course.) 

Sun., Dec. 12. The Shakespeare Authorship. WILLARD PARKER, 
President, Bacon Society of America. Iilustrated with 
slides. 

Thu., Dec. 16. The Beauties of Switzerland. Mrs. ArTHUR 
DupbLEY ROPES. 

Sun., Dec. 19. An Afternoon with Dickens. By Members of 
the Boston Branch of the DickKENs FELLOWSHIP. 

Sun., Dec. 19, 8 p.m. Concert by the FLONZALEY QUARTET, 
(Coolidge Series.) 

Thu., Dec. 23. The Homeland of the Master. Rey. Austen T. 
Kempton, D.D. 

Sun., Dec. 26. Modern Art. Dorotny Aptow, A.M.  Illus- 
trated with slides. ; 

Thu., Dec. 30. Botticelli seen through Oriental Eyes. MArtTHA 
A. S. SHANNON. 

Sun., Jan. 2. Popular Songs of Shakespeare’s Day. EMMA 
MARSHALL DENKINGER, Ph.D., Dean of Wheaton College, 
assisted by EsTHER Morton Woop, Soprano. 

hu. Jan. 6. The Art of the Netherlands. AprriAAN MARTIN 
DE Groot. 

Sun., Jan. 9. The Art of the Stage; the Old versus the New 
Theatre. FRANK CHOUTEAU Brown, Boston University. 
(Drama League Course.) Illustrated with slides. 

Thu., Jan. 13. A Tenderfoot on Rocky Mountain Trails: from 
Banff to Mt. Robson on Horseback. Grorce H. Browne, 
A.M., Headmaster, Browne and Nichols School. (Field and 
Forest Club Course.) 

Sun., Jan. 16. The Development of Poetry from the Lyric Bal- 
lads to Paracelsus. E. CHarL_Ton Buack, LL.D. Pro- 
fessor of English, Boston University. (American Poetry 
Association. ) ‘ae 

SU., Hoeiad 8 p.m. Concert by the Letz Quartet. (Coolidge 

eries). 

Thu., Jan. 20. The Balkans. ELranor B. Huse, 

Sun., Jan. 23. Concert by the Lincotn House OrcHESTRA. 
Jacques Hoffman, Conductor. 

Thu., Jan. 27. The English Folk Dance. Mrs. RicHarp Co- 
NANT. With demonstrations. 

Sun., Jan. 30. A Program from American Composers. ELiza- 
BETH SIEDOFF. 

Thu., Feb. 3. Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks and the North 
Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park. RANDALL L. 
Jones, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 


Sun., Feb. 6. The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner: their 
Literature, Music and Mysticism. MApAME BEALE Morey. 
With musical illustrations. 

Thu., Feb. 10. Scenes, Personal and Impersonal, about Mount 
Washington. Mitton E. MacGrecor, Hut Manager, Ap- 
palachian Mountain Club. (Field and Forest Club Course.) 

Sun., Feb. 13. The Leading Producers of the Theatres in Eu- 
rope: Talks with Meierhold, Stanislavsky, Smilgis, Muncis, 
Reinhardt, Jessner, Antoine and Gemier. ALbert Hart- 
TON GrLMER, A.M., Professor of Dramatic Literature, Tufts 
College. (Drama League Course.) Illustrated with slides. 

Sun., Feb. 13,8 p.m. Concert by the SourH MoUNTAIN QUARTET. 
(Coolidge Series.) 

Thu., Feb. 17. Picturesque England from Chester to Clovelly. 
ELLEN E. PAGE. ; 

Sun., Feb. 20. The Return to Normalcy in Poetry. Robert E. 
Rocers, A.M., Associate Professor of English, Massachu- 
setts Institute of Technology. (American Poetry Asso- 
ciation. ) 

Thu., Feb. 24. Italian Cities and Hill Towns. Mrs. James 
FREDERICK HOPKINS. 

Sun., Feb. 27. Beethoven’s Mass in D: a Lecture with musical 
illustrations. Leo Ricn Lewis, Fletcher Professor of 
Music, Tufts College. 

Thu., Mar. 3. The Art of Seeing: Drawing as a Language. 
ELIZABETH WARD PERKINS. 

Sun., Mar. 6. The Call of the Wilderness and Its Influence on 
Art. R. FARRINGTON ELWELL. 

Thu., Mar. 10. Through the White Mountains with the Field 
and Forest Club. Rev. CHARLES W. Casson. (Field and 
Forest Club Course.) 

Sun., Mar.13. Comedy in American Drama. Rosert E. Rocers, 
A.M., Associate Professor of English, Massachusetts Insti- 
tute of Technology. (Drama League Course.) 

Sun., come & 8 p.m. Concert by the Curtis Quartet. (Coolidge 

eries. 

Thu., Mar. 17. Monologue, Songs and Play, “Between the Soup 
and the Savory,” given by the SrroLLING PLAyErs, under 
the direction of Helene Martha Boll. 

Sun., Mar. 20. Concert by the Lincotn House OrcHESTRA. 
Jacques Hoffman, Conductor. 

Thu., Mar. 24. The Drama of the Vikings. CLEMENT B. SHaAw. 

Sun., Mar. 27. Concert by the Boston Civic SympHony Onr- 
CHESTRA, Joseph F. Wagner, Conductor. 

Thu., Mar. 31. Local Color. HELEN MeEssINcGeR Murpocu, 
E:RP’S. 

Sun., Apr. 3. Ways and Methods of Modern Music. NicoLas 
SLONIMSKy. Composer and Critic. 

Thu., Apr. 7. Fifty Books of 1926. Davin T. Pottrncer, Har- 
vard University Press. 

Sun., Apr. 10, 8 p.m. Concert by the Lonpon Strinc QuaRrTET. 
(Coolidge Series.) 


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The Boston Ruskin Club. 


The Ruskin Club meets regularly in the Lecture Hall on the ee 
and fourth Mondays of the month, at 3 o’clock. The follew- 
ing free lectures are announced, subject to change. 


Nov. 8. Things that make Men Happy. Rev. JosepH P. Mac- 
CarTHy, Ph.D. 

Nov. 22. A Session with the American Biblical School of 
Archaeology, at Jerusalém. Miss Harriett JOHNSON, 
A.B., Dean of the Tuckerman School. Illustrated. 

Dec. 13. Alaska, the Land of Far Delight. Mrs. CHartss B. 
Hau. Illustrated. 

Dec. 27. Music. Mr. JoHN OrtH. Ruskin’s Christmas Mes- 
sage. (Fors Clavigera.) Mrs. MInnrzE MESERVE SOULE. 

Jan. 10. Ruskin and To-day; the Balanced Life and Educa- 
tion. Dr. ArTHUR W. GILBERT, Ph.D. Massachusetts Com- 
missioner of Agriculture. Illustrated. 

Jan. 24. Ruskin the Mystic. Rev. ApELBErT LATHROP Hupson, 
A.M., S.T-.B. 

Feb. 14. The Observance of the Birth of John Ruskin, Febru- 
ary 8, 1819. Dr. E. Coartton Buack, LL.D., Professor of 
English Literature, Boston University. 

Feb. 28. The individuai Infitence of Jom Ruskin. Mr Vu. 
Homer Leavitt. 

Mar. 14. Sesame and Lilies-— To-day. Mrs. Louise AusTIN 
CuHRIMES. Illustrated. 

Mar. 28. From London to Land’s End. Mrs. ArtHuR DuDLEY 
Ropes. Iliustrated. 

Apr. ti. John Ruskin and the Old Masters. Miss ELLen 
Pace. Illustrated. 

Apr. 25. The Public Library, a Factor in Education. Mr. 
CHARLES F. D. Betpen, A.M., LL.B., Director of the Public 
Library of the City of Boston. 

May o. Annual Meeting. 


American Poetry Association. 


Free addresses in the Lecture Hall on Saturdays at 3 o'clock. 


Nov. 6. Pindar and the Greek Lyric Poets. CHas. HAMMOND 
GIBSON, President. 

Dec. 4. American Verse before 1700. WuILMON Brewer, Ph.D. 

Jan. 8. Noyes, Masefield, Drinkwater, and other contempo- 
rary British Poets. Dr. BENJAMIN WoopBury, Vice-Presi- 
dent. \ 

Feb. 5. Viking Poetry. Hrnry HARMON CHAMBERLIN, Vice- 
President. 


